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The 2020–21 Brisbane Roar FC season is the club's 16th season. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The club was scheduled to play in the 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs in June 2021, but withdrew from the competition on 4 June 2021.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Macklin Freke 2 DF  AUS Scott Neville 3 DF  AUS Corey Brown 5 DF  SCO Tom Aldred (captain) 6 DF  ENG Macaulay Gillesphey 9 FW  JPN Masato Kudo 10 MF  JPN Riku Danzaki (on loan from Consadole Sapporo) 11 FW  AUS Joe Champness (on loan from Newcastle Jets) 15 MF  AUS Jesse Daley 16 DF  AUS Josh Brindell-South 17 FW  AUS Golgol Mebrahtu

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  AUS Jack Hingert 21 GK  ENG Jamie Young 22 DF  AUS Antonee Burke-Gilroy (injury replacement) 23 FW  AUS Dylan Wenzel-Halls 25 MF  AUS Rahmat Akbari 26 MF  IRL Jay O'Shea 27 DF  AUS Kai Trewin (scholarship) 28 DF  AUS Izaack Powell (scholarship) 29 DF  AUS Jordan Courtney-Perkins 34 FW  AUS Alex Parsons 37 FW  AUS Cyrus Dehmie (scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
15	MF	Jesse Daley	Unattached	Free transfer		12 October 2020
16	DF	Josh Brindell-South	Lions FC	Free transfer	1 year	13 October 2020
11	FW	Joe Champness	Newcastle Jets	Loan	1 year	30 October 2020
8	MF	Danny Kim	Lions FC	Free transfer		10 November 2020
10	MF	Riku Danzaki	Consadole Sapporo	Loan	1 year	19 November 2020
9	FW	Masato Kudo	Unattached	Free transfer		10 December 2020
12	GK	Bon Scott	Brisbane City	Injury replacement	1 month	19 January 2021
17	FW	Golgol Mebrahtu	Unattached	Free transfer	6 months	22 January 2021
2	DF	Scott Neville	East Bengal	End of loan		27 March 2021
22	DF	Patrick Flottmann	Sydney FC	Injury replacement loan	2 weeks	28 April 2021
22	DF	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	Altona Magic	Injury replacement	1 month	11 May 2021

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
4	DF	Daniel Bowles	Retired		24 August 2020
22	DF	Jake McGing	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020
15	DF	Aaron Reardon	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020
12	MF	Matthew Ridenton	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020
8	MF	Danny Kim	Lions FC	End of loan	7 September 2020
10	MF	Brad Inman	ATK Mohun Bagan	Undisclosed	21 September 2020
1	GK	Max Crocombe	Melbourne Victory	Mutual contract termination	1 October 2020
20	FW	Aaron Amadi-Holloway	Unattached	End of contract	9 October 2020
2	DF	Scott Neville	East Bengal	Loan	13 October 2020
30	FW	Mirza Muratovic	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	9 November 2020
12	GK	Bon Scott	Avondale	End of contract	15 February 2021
14	MF	George Mells	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	23 February 2021
7	MF	Jai Ingham	United City	Mutual contract termination	24 March 2021
77	FW	Scott McDonald	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	24 April 2021
22	DF	Patrick Flottmann	Sydney FC	End of loan	10 May 2021
8	MF	Danny Kim	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	27 May 2021

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
34	FW		Alex Parsons	21	senior contract
37	FW		Cyrus Dehmie	19	scholarship contract

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
2	Scott Neville	Right-back	2+ years	13 October 2020
3	Corey Brown	Left-back	2+ years	14 October 2020
5	Tom Aldred	Centre-back	3 years	4 February 2021
26	Jay O'Shea	Midfielder	3 years	4 February 2021
25	Rahmat Akbari	Midfielder	1+ years	11 March 2021
16	Josh Brindell-South	Left-back	2+ years	28 May 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

7 November 2020	Eastern Suburbs	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
17:30 AEST		Report	O'Shea	Stadium: Heath Park

14 November 2020	Magpies Crusaders United	1–9	Brisbane Roar	Mackay, Australia
18:30 AEST	? ?'	Report	McDonald ?', ?' Wenzel-Halls ?' Jelacic ?'	Stadium: Soliginkin Oval

21 November 2020	Rochedale Rovers	1–6	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
17:30 AEST	? 87'	Report	Wenzel-Halls 33' Ingham 35' Trewin 69' Parsons 76' Brindell-South ?' Brymora 90'	Stadium: Underwood Park

29 November 2020 Dolphin Community Shield	Peninsula Power	1–7	Brisbane Roar	Redcliffe, Australia
17:00 AEST	McHenery 17'	Report	McDonald 7', 9' Brindell-South 23' Jelacic 29' Wenzel-Halls 65' Brown 77' O'Shea 88' (pen.)	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park

5 December 2020	NPL Queensland All-Stars	2–5	Brisbane Roar	Kippa-Ring, Australia
19:00 AEST	McHenery 50' Gillesphey 55' (o.g.)	Report	Champness 17', 26', 33' McDonald 21', 39'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

12 December 2020	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Coffs Harbour, Australia
	Topor-Stanley 24'	Report	Parsons 16'	Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium

20 December 2020	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Western United	Gold Coast, Australia
		Report	Calver 73' Majok 85'	Stadium: Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Updated to match played 2 January 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

1. ^ The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

Results summary

Last updated: 2 January 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Matches

Finals series

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

20 June 2021 Preliminary round

Brisbane Roar

Cancelled

Kaya–Iloilo

Thailand

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 13 June 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League				Total
				Regular season		Finals
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Macklin Freke	2	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Scott Neville	13(1)	0	1	0	15	0
3	DF		Corey Brown	25	0	1	0	26	0
5	DF		Tom Aldred	16	0	1	0	17	0
6	DF		Macaulay Gillesphey	22	3	0	0	23	3
9	FW		Masato Kudo	3(11)	1	0	0	14	1
10	MF		Riku Danzaki	23(2)	9	1	0	26	9
11	FW		Joe Champness	15(7)	2	1	0	23	2
15	FW		Jesse Daley	9(15)	0	0	0	24	0
16	DF		Josh Brindell-South	13(3)	2	1	0	17	2
17	FW		Golgol Mebrahtu	3(8)	1	(0)1	0	12	1
19	DF		Jack Hingert	13(3)	1	(0)1	0	17	1
21	GK		Jamie Young	24	0	1	0	25	0
23	FW		Dylan Wenzel-Halls	21(4)	7	1	0	26	7
25	MF		Rahmat Akbari	21(4)	0	1	0	26	0
26	MF		Jay O'Shea	25(1)	4	1	0	27	4
27	DF		Kai Trewin	20(4)	0	(0)1	0	25	0
29	DF		Jordan Courtney-Perkins	4(4)	0	0	0	8	0
33	FW		Keegan Jelacic	0(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0
34	FW		Alex Parsons	5(10)	2	0(1)	1	16	3
35	DF		Hassan Ramazani	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF		Eli Adams	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
37	FW		Cyrus Dehmie	1(5)	0	0	0	6	0
Players no longer at the club
7	FW		Jai Ingham	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Danny Kim	0(3)	0	0	0	3	0
22	DF		Antonee Burke-Gilroy	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Patrick Flottmann	0(4)	0	0	0	4	0
77	FW		Scott McDonald	7(2)	3	0	0	9	3

Goalscorers

As of 13 June 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	A-League Finals series	Total
1	10	MF		Riku Danzaki	9	0	9
2	23	FW		Dylan Wenzel-Halls	7	0	7
3	26	MF		Jay O'Shea	4	0	4
4	6	DF		Macaulay Gillesphey	3	0	3
	34	FW		Alex Parsons	2	1	3
	77	FW		Scott McDonald	3	0	3
7	11	FW		Joe Champness	2	0	2
	16	DF		Josh Brindell-South	2	0	2
9	9	FW		Masato Kudo	1	0	1
	17	FW		Golgol Mebrahtu	1	0	1
	19	DF		Jack Hingert	1	0	1
Totals					36	1	37

Disciplinary record

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League		AFC Champions League		Total
1	6	DF		Macaulay Gillesphey	1	0	0	0	1	0
	19	DF		Jack Hingert	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total					2	0	0	0	2	0

Clean sheets

As of 13 June 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	A-League Finals series	Total
1	21	GK		Jamie Young	6	0	6

References

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2. "A-League teams Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar withdrawn from Asian Champions League due to finals schedule". ABC News. 4 June 2021.
3. "Former Young Roar captain Jesse Daley returns home to Brisbane". Brisbane Roar. 12 October 2020.
4. "Roar sign Queenslander Joshua Brindell-South from Lions FC". Brisbane Roar. 13 October 2020.
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39. "Jay O'Shea pens new multi-year deal at Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 4 February 2021.
40. "Locked in: Rahmat Akbari re-signs". Brisbane Roar. 11 March 2021.
41. "Brindell-South extends Brisbane Roar contract". Brisbane Roar. 28 May 2021.

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• 2020–21 A-League season by team